Portrait of Samuel Waters

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Collection Type

Art

Date

1779

GUSN

GUSN-2860

Description

Rectangular format, waist-length portrait of a man in a dark brown oval, facing slightly to the right; he wears a white collar, a dull blue coat, a rusty rose vest, and has dark eyes and his hair back in a queue.

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Written in black letters on the image is: SAM L WATERS/AEt 28. Typewritten on a jelly label on the lower left of the frame reverse is: ""SAMUEL WATERS, 1750-1828/ of Sutton, Mass./Painted by Winthrop Chandler,/between March and November 1779. On the lower right of the frame reverse written in pencil is: ""Bowdoin""